The Ol' County Fair

Hope6 · 10-01-2008, 01:28 AM

The Ferris Wheel, the Carousel, cotten candy and candies apples, seeing all the exhibits where proud farmers had entered samples of their crops, and all the animals that would be on display. And of course the fireworks! I remember as a little girl getting so excited when the fair was in town! I remember riding in the car anxiously waiting to catch that first glimspe of all those lights from the rides appearing in the distance! And the smells OMG it always smells so good, french fries, blooming onions, popcorn!

Anyway, we still have one every year around here, ours started yesterday.

I was wondering is this a regional thing? Are county fairs still popular in other parts of the country? And what about other countries, do y'all have something similar?

southern yankee · 10-01-2008, 03:16 AM

Oh how i miss county fairs, The one here in Lafayette is just a ride fest. That cost a arm and a leg. When i was a kid and young adult. Every year my friends and i looked forward to The Lake County fair. In Crown Point In. We had so much fun. I love the smells, the taste, and people watching. You always ran into someone you have not seen in years!! I always love to go to the 4H animal exhibits. Plus the arts and crafts. What GREAT times i had. Sure wish i could get back there and kind of relive those fun days of my youth. Almost makes me CRY

Peg · 10-01-2008, 03:36 AM

Ours was in August and it was wonderful.

southern yankee · 10-01-2008, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Peg

Ours was in August and it was wonderful.

yes the lake Co. fair was always in Aug. too. 2 weeks before school started again. Kids finished their summer with a heck of a lot of good clean fun

Hope6 · 10-01-2008, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by southern yankee

Oh how i miss county fairs, The one here in Lafayette is just a ride fest. That cost a arm and a leg. When i was a kid and young adult. Every year my friends and i looked forward to The Lake County fair. In Crown Point In. We had so much fun. I love the smells, the taste, and people watching. You always ran into someone you have not seen in years!! I always love to go to the 4H animal exhibits. Plus the arts and crafts. What GREAT times i had. Sure wish i could get back there and kind of relive those fun days of my youth. Almost makes me CRY

yeah living out here in the middle of nowhere like we do, the fair was a major event for kids when i was growing up!

ours is still pretty much the same, except it's not as big as it used to be!

i still enjoy going to see the animals and i still ride some of the rides sometimes!

but then i'm just a big kid anyway!

we always enter some stuff in the judging too so its always interesting to see if we win anything!

Odie · 10-01-2008, 05:37 AM

we have country fairs here also, we just went to one that was a classic car show as well, so took ours!

was great to see animals again! only ever see them on t.v

hens, chickens, roosters, cows, sheep, rabbits

hayrides, rides, booths, pumpkins in a contests, was sooooooooo much fun!

Cow Patty · 10-01-2008, 06:18 AM

Our county fair isn't much to talk about. Its usually in early August, only for 1 weekend. Now the state fair up in Louisville is a huge event, it was last month. Its a week long, and well worth going to.

sunny104 · 10-01-2008, 07:38 AM

our school system takes the day off on fair day!

qsducks · 10-01-2008, 07:43 AM

We just have carnivals that come for a few days. We don't go because I don't trust the rides. There's no oversight I think and the carnies are just plain weird.

But down in Ocean City, NJ they have huge fairs in the summer and are having one this fall. We might go and you can still ride the amusements on the boardwalk.

sunny104 · 10-01-2008, 08:03 AM

we also get A LOT of festivals here....blueberry, strawberry, apple, sausage.....

we celebrate everything!

The slogan for Wurstfest is "the 10 day salute to sausage"

I think Floppy needs that T shirt.

10-01-2008, 01:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
Hope6 Senior Member Supporting Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,336	The Ol' County Fair The Ferris Wheel, the Carousel, cotten candy and candies apples, seeing all the exhibits where proud farmers had entered samples of their crops, and all the animals that would be on display. And of course the fireworks! I remember as a little girl getting so excited when the fair was in town! I remember riding in the car anxiously waiting to catch that first glimspe of all those lights from the rides appearing in the distance! And the smells OMG it always smells so good, french fries, blooming onions, popcorn! Anyway, we still have one every year around here, ours started yesterday. I was wondering is this a regional thing? Are county fairs still popular in other parts of the country? And what about other countries, do y'all have something similar?
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10-01-2008, 03:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
southern yankee Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Butte La Rose, La. Posts: 3,552	Re: The Ol' County Fair Oh how i miss county fairs, The one here in Lafayette is just a ride fest. That cost a arm and a leg. When i was a kid and young adult. Every year my friends and i looked forward to The Lake County fair. In Crown Point In. We had so much fun. I love the smells, the taste, and people watching. You always ran into someone you have not seen in years!! I always love to go to the 4H animal exhibits. Plus the arts and crafts. What GREAT times i had. Sure wish i could get back there and kind of relive those fun days of my youth. Almost makes me CRY
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10-01-2008, 03:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
Peg Proud American Supporting Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,654	Re: The Ol' County Fair Ours was in August and it was wonderful.
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10-01-2008, 05:37 AM	#6 (permalink)
Odie Senior Member Supporting Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario. Posts: 18,968	Re: The Ol' County Fair we have country fairs here also, we just went to one that was a classic car show as well, so took ours! was great to see animals again! only ever see them on t.v hens, chickens, roosters, cows, sheep, rabbits hayrides, rides, booths, pumpkins in a contests, was sooooooooo much fun! __________________ One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.
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10-01-2008, 06:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
Cow Patty Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In the pasture Posts: 8,809	Re: The Ol' County Fair Our county fair isn't much to talk about. Its usually in early August, only for 1 weekend. Now the state fair up in Louisville is a huge event, it was last month. Its a week long, and well worth going to.
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10-01-2008, 07:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
sunny104 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: on the road again Posts: 12,024	Re: The Ol' County Fair our school system takes the day off on fair day! __________________
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10-01-2008, 07:43 AM	#9 (permalink)
qsducks Senior Member Supporting Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 22,416	Re: The Ol' County Fair We just have carnivals that come for a few days. We don't go because I don't trust the rides. There's no oversight I think and the carnies are just plain weird. But down in Ocean City, NJ they have huge fairs in the summer and are having one this fall. We might go and you can still ride the amusements on the boardwalk.
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10-01-2008, 08:03 AM	#10 (permalink)
sunny104 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: on the road again Posts: 12,024	Re: The Ol' County Fair we also get A LOT of festivals here....blueberry, strawberry, apple, sausage..... we celebrate everything! The slogan for Wurstfest is "the 10 day salute to sausage" I think Floppy needs that T shirt. __________________
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